Overloading generic event handlers in Scala

Question

If I define the following generic event handler

trait Handles[E <: Event] {
  def handle(event: E)
}

with event type\'s like this

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Answer 1

What's the advantage of two separate handle methods?

def handle(rawEvent: Event) = rawEvent match {
  case e: InventoryItemCreated => ...
  case e: InventoryItemDeactivated => ...
}